Should I be worried or is (s)he just sleeping?

[Mylied]

The cool side is 85 and then they have their wool hen on the warm side, the hand warmer is just there as a supplemental source if they want it, but they are by no means huddled together in the wool hen constantly chirping. I suppose the chick could have been chilled, but I just don’t see the others acting cold so

I've not heard of a wool hen before. It looks like cloth hanging up? Chicks raised by a hen spend most of the first week under her and her body heat is a bit higher than ours. I think it's low temps I'm sorry to say. 85 is not high enough and they don't produce enough body heat at such a young age to keep each other warm enough. Especially if one falls asleep on the cool side. They get loud, then lethargic, then pass. How do their peeps sound? Is it high pitched and insistant? Or soft and more random?

 

[Cyprus]

@KikisGirls

 

[Cluckingclueless]

The others seem moderate, definitely not loud. The one that’s a bit off is more insistent.

 

[lena_]

You should be a using a real heat source. A hand warmer is nowhere near sufficient.

Your chick died from being too cold.

Get an animal grade heat lamp or a heating pad. A real heating pad used for muscle cramps.
The temperature should be between 80-90 degrees.
Where and when did you get these chicks? Did you research how to care for them? What are you feeding them?

I can disagree that you need a proper heat source for them, but I can agree that hand warmers aren't enough.

By my disagreeing, I'm talking this; I raise all of of my chicks/ducklings/quail using hot water bottles... Now, call me crazy, but my family live off of alternative power, and unless we had the generator on 24/7 (which would be INCREDIBLY expensive) I wouldn't be able to raise anything. So, I use hot water bottles. They worked excellently in my outdoor brooder, but I do prefer to brood things indoors.

The only downside to this is that you have to refill the hot water bottle ever four or so hours.

I feed chick starter, etc. Now, this is firsthand experience, I have probably raised 30+ birds this way and truly feel that it is most ideal for my situation. I have very few deaths brooding my chicks, and any that I do have are never heat related.

But I digress. Now, to @Cluckingclueless... Did you order your chicks from a hatchery? Sometimes they can die from stress. Otherwise I'm not sure. Maybe sickness, but if they seem fine then it's unlikely. How is the other one that you said wasn't looking too good just before doing now?

 

[Cluckingclueless]

Yes I ordered from my pet chicken ok for now, but I’ll have to keep an eye on them. I could definitely see them possibly having fallen asleep on the cooler side. I’ll have to work on the brooder a bit tomorrow.

 

[Cyprus]

I've not heard of a wool hen before. It looks like cloth hanging up? Chicks raised by a hen spend most of the first week under her and her body heat is a bit higher than ours. I think it's low temps I'm sorry to say. 85 is not high enough and they don't produce enough body heat at such a young age to keep each other warm enough. Especially if one falls asleep on the cool side. They get loud, then lethargic, then pass. How do their peeps sound? Is it high pitched and insistant? Or soft and more random?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wool-hen-anyone-else.1169926/

 

[ronott1]

If you ordered them from my pet chicken, then you paid a lot for them. You owe it to yourself and the chicks to learn more about caring for them.

Read a guide like this: https://insteading.com/blog/raising-baby-chicks/

They need a good heat source for the first weeks of life. They need good food.

Get to a feed store and get setup for them

 

[ronott1]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wool-hen-anyone-else.1169926/

Certain things should not be promoted for those new to raising chicks. This is one of them sadly. I often think it is not responsible of the ones doing this. I do recognize some of the users on that thread.

Like the water bottle for off grid use, it takes a bit of work and know how to do this.

If I were off grid, I would use an eco glow or small premier plate. They run off of DC power and to not use much electricity. It would be easy to convert them for that use

 

[Cyprus]

Certain things should not be promoted for those new to raising chicks. This is one of them sadly. I often think it is not responsible of the ones doing this. I do recognize some of the users on that thread.

Like the water bottle for off grid use, it takes a bit of work and know how to do this.

If I were off grid, I would use an eco glow or small premier plate. They run off of DC power and to not use much electricity. It would be easy to convert them for that use

I was only linking it because someone said they hadn't heard of it.

 

[GoldpartridgeHen]

you can get heating lamps off ebay and amazon at a reasonable price which are suitable for chickens